This load of vintage merchandise shows just how massive ALF was back in the 1980s

These 23 products prove ALF was the alien king of TV.

We will admit it. Back in the 1980s, we got two goldfish. We named one Mel and the other Mac, in honor of ALF's home planet of Melmac.

ALF may not have been the most popular sitcom on television (though it become the No. 10 show in America in its second season) but the furry, wise-cracking alien was the king of the marketing tie-in. Between the years 1986 and 1990, when the show aired on NBC, you could find all kinds of merchadise with ALF on it.

Were you looking for ALF games, desserts, clothing, toys or music? Well, ALF had two words for you: "No problem!"

Compiling all this stuff, we learned that ALF was particularly popular in Germany. Like Hasselhoff famous.

4. Cake molds

5. Video Games

ALF popped up in all kinds of games, from educational disks for PCs to Sega cartridges. You can play this ALF computer game right now. Fair warning: It makes that infamous Atari E.T. game look like Super Mario Bros.

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6. Pajamas

After all that skating and eating, it was time for bed. First, you had to slip into some cozy ALF sleepwear.

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7. Sleeping Bags

Next, tuck up inside an official ALF sleeping bag.

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8. Plush dolls

Don't forget to snuggle up with your ALF stuffed doll. Oh, and some of these guys could talk, too, with the help of a cassette tape.

17. Action figures

18. Cartoons

Oh, did we forget to mention there were not one, but two ALF cartoons? First up was the prequel series, ALF: The Animated Series, which was set on his home planet of Melmac. The spin-off ALF Tales followed, which parodied famous fairy tales.